The bridge is no longer considered structurally deficient after the repair project, which cost just over $976,000 in state funds, according to a PennDOT statement. The bridge now features a new stone engraving on a parapet wall halfway across the bridge that states it was built in 1810 and rehabilitated in 2016, and PennDOT estimates the bridge carried roughly 7,300 vehicles per day before the closure.

“This is a state road, a state bridge, a state project. We are just part of the process,” said Township Manager Aaron Bibro.

Several other bridge repairs are planned around the township this year: a bridge on Line Lexington Road will be lane-restricted as it is repaired by Montgomery County from spring into fall 2016, and the township-owned bridge on Walnut Street will be fixed in fall, as will a bridge on Trewigtown Road as part of a state-wide bridge repair program.

Johnston said she was glad to see the stone bridge walls lengthened to prevent drivers from losing control and driving across her fairways and greens.

“They did a nice job, but I preferred the peace and quiet we had until today,” she said.

Detour signs sending drivers away from Orvilla came down around 10:30 a.m. Friday, she said, and within the first half-hour she saw several drivers she suspected were going well above the posted 40 miles per hour speed limit — and several Hatfield Police vehicles patrolling the newly opened road.

“Eighty-two years I’ve been here, and the golf course has been here for 54, so we’ve seen a lot of changes over the years. People will use it as a detour,” she said, as a pickup truck roared past, “but I would give up business for peace and quiet. That’s more valuable.”